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Paul Temple: The Complete Radio Collection [electronic resource] : Volume One: The Early Years (1938-1950)

Durbridge, Francis2016

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Summary

Carl Bernard, Kim Peacock, Bernard Braden and Hugh Morton star as radio’s most famous detective in 26 early archive episodesSend For Paul Temple (1940) CD 1–3Paul investigates a spate of violent robberies in this 1940 recording of the very first Paul Temple serial, starring BernardBraden and Peggy Hassard.Produced by Andrew AllenCBC Dominion Network (Based on an original production for the BBC Midland Service)N.B. Send for Paul Temple is a 1940 Canadian radio recording, based on an original 1938 BBC serial.Paul Temple Intervenes (1942) CD 4–5Carl Bernard stars in this once lost 1942 serial, in which Paul is called in by Scotland Yard to investigate a series of brutal murders in wartime Britain.Produced by Martyn C. WebsterBBC Forces ProgramPaul Temple and the Vandyke Affair (1950) CD 6–9Kim Peacock played Paul Temple in a record nine productions between 1946 and 1953. Today only one of these productions is known to survive in the archives. It is released here for the very first time.Produced by Martyn C. WebsterBBC Light ProgramAlso included in this set are two original 1938 episodes and an extract from an otherwise-lost Paul Temple serial from 1951starring Kim Peacock and Marjorie Westbury.Bonus Disc CD 10• The First Penguin – A recording of the earliest surviving episode of Paul Temple• The Front Page Men – A previously unreleased early episode• Paul Temple and the Jonathan Mystery (Clip) – The only surviving extract fromthis 1951 serial.• Jeffrey Richards talks to Paul Temple actor, Peter Coke in this unbroadcast interview (20/03/98).• Title music – Original and unedited Paul Temple title music recordings.Due to the archive nature of the recordings, sound quality may vary.Production: Charles Norton, Restoration: Mark Ayres and Ted Kendall,Commissioning Editors: Michael Stevens and Jan Paterson